Generate a Hierarchy Key in Dimension
Hi,I am currently at loss how I will be able to generate the productcategory_key and productsubcategory_key for dbo.dw. To generate, for productcategory_key, the combination of product +...
View ArticleDBCC CHECKDB Job Failed
Hi All,I have a SSIS Package Maintenance plan to execute DBCC checkDB for UserDB on my server.The Job as suddenly failed now.Executing the query "dbcc checkdb('MYD?Name') with no_infomsgs" failed with...
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Cardinality estimates on a parallel join are wrong
Hello everybody,I'm having a problem with pretty simple query where the cardinality estimates seems to be off and usual methods that I knew for this kind of problem don't help.The query: SELECT...
View ArticleDatabase Backup FIle
Hi All,Does the database backup file contains users and passwords. I have a database for a application in development server. I have the same backup file restored in production server. But when am...
View ArticleSQL Server memory high usage.
Hi I Have a SQL 2008 R2 SP1 running on 64bits. The memory usage grows until no memory is available. We have Max memory set to 6 GB. The server has 24 GB of RAM. I understand that the limit is only for...
View ArticleSQL 2008 cannot creat new database
I am working from the TK432 exam self paced training kit. I am using the Enterprise Evaluation edition. One of the exercises is to create a new database. I receive errors listed below:Msg 5133, Level...
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SQL Server Connectivity
Dear Friends,I have two separate nodes of SQL Server2012 installed on two Virtual servers. Their names are SQLDB1 and SQLDB2.Now when I open the SQLDB1 Management studio, I can connect to both servers...
View ArticleIndex fragmentation
Hi All,I observed there are several scripts which can be ran against a database for finding the index fragmentation.But, none of them returns me the results in quick time. I am after a script which can...
View ArticleHelp - SQL Server 2008 R2 suddenly stopped working! Can't start service
Hello,I've had SQL Server 2008 R2 running on my Windows 7 Professional 64-bit machine for some time now without problem. I restarted the machine just now, only to find that the SQL Server service...
View ArticleSQL Server DataFIle
Hi All,I have very old SQL Server 2000 database where the size on disk is very low and data file is increasing day by day. What should i do to reduce the size of datafile. Should i shrink the datafile....
View Articlesql monitoring
hi to all,we have a instance of sql server in us server and it used about 70Gb of memory space,can i see 1.total read command2.total write command3.duration time of each command4.list od all command...
View ArticleHow estimating in a rapid manner the size of a database - SQL Server 2012
Hi,I need to know if it exists an automatic tool (f.e. Excel worksheet) to determine quickly the estimated size for a db, having the tables to implement and the colums (with type and lenght) to...
View ArticleIs the XactSequence number in the profiler globally unique?
Hi,I need to know if the XactSequence number in the profiler can ever be the same for 2 separate transations. It is also used in the ALL_HEADERS section of TDS packets as a transaction identifier.I...
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temp db issue
Hi team,when i try to login into the server i am facing bellow error and at same time few database going to suspect mode,any one please answer the root cause of the issue.
View ArticleWhat does R2 Stand for?
going to sound stupid here butJust a quiery really, what does R2 stand for or refer to when looking at Microsoft software? is it second release?Thanks! James
View Articleupdate stats getting blocked by FETCH API_CURSOR
Hi all, I am facing a blocking scenario in my production server where a An third party Application is connecting to SQl server. We update statistics in the database as part of daily maintenance and...
View ArticleReports Query Optimisation
FROM PAYROLLMGR.Timecard tc INNER JOIN PAYROLLMGR.EmpAssignment ea ON tc.EmpAssignmentID = ea.id INNER JOIN PAYROLLMGR.Employee e ON e.id=ea.empid INNER JOIN PAYROLLMGR.LocationJobPhase ljp ON...
View Articlewhat is latch contention in SQL server ?
Hello all,I want to know little more about the ‘Tempdb latch contention’ in SQL server. I have researched on this few and learn somewhat. So, what exactly is ‘latch contention’ and where can I learn...
View ArticleSQL Server Jobs failing with Unable to perform a SETUSER
We just recently completed a database migration from Windows Server 2003 SP2 with SQL Server 2005 Enterprise SP4 (32 bit) to Windows Server 2008 R2 with SQL Server 2005 Enterprise SP4 (64...
View ArticleRisk for SQL 2005 end of life
Hi All,Does anyone has any ideas of what are the risks/disadvantages of running SQL 2005 in productions for the next 4 years?Besides the product SQL 2005 support from Microsoft has ended, is there any...
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